Library & Archives
Since 1919, the Hoover Institution Library & Archives at Stanford University has become an international center for documentation and research. It serves as a learning organization and a repository of knowledge holding more than one million volumes and over 6,000 archival collections pertaining to war, revolution, and peace.
Welcome
For over 100 years, the Hoover Institution Library & Archives has served as a platform for a vibrant community of scholars and a broad public interested in the meaning and role of history. We collect, preserve, describe, and make available for research the most important library material and archival collections on war, revolution and peace from across the globe. We build connections to these records through a robust program of fellowships, workshops, exhibitions, and outreach.
The activities of the Library & Archives are carried out with Herbert Hoover’s words in mind:
"The overall mission of this Institution is, from its records, to recall the voice of experience against the making of war, and by the study of these records and their publication, to recall man's endeavors to make and preserve peace, and to sustain for America the safeguards of the American way of life. This Institution is not, and must not be, a mere library. But with these purposes as its goal, the Institution itself must constantly and dynamically point the road to peace."
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Explore nearly one million volumes and over six thousand archival collections from 171 countries.
EngageVisit our exhibitions and learn about our collections through our education and outreach in-person, online, and hybrid programs.
ResearchLearn about how we can support your research efforts, in-person and virtually.
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Our collections contain rare and unique library materials and archives that include posters, photographs, texts, sound recordings, moving images, and art and memorabilia.
Highlights
Featured Events
The Battalion Artist: A Sailor's Journey Through The South Seas
Journey Through Hoover’s Past And Present: The Origin And Operations Of The Library & Archives
Traversing The Socio-Economic Frontiers Of The Empire Of Japan And The Pacific World
Archives Uncovered: Revealing The Third Reich And The Inner Lives Of Extremists
Snippets From The 20th Care And Conservation Of Manuscripts Conference, Copenhagen 2025
Fragmented Visions: Civil War China In Lost Films By American Jesuit Missionaries, 1947–1948
The Party's Interests Come First: The Life Of Xi Zhongxun, Father Of Xi Jinping
Documenting Communism: The Hoover Project To Microfilm And Publish The Soviet Archives
Gallery Talk: Mounting Flat Paper Objects For Display By Laurent Cruveillier
